MAY 1 From 4:00PM to 7:00PM
Students will learn the rich history behind the encaustic medium from the fayum portraits discovered in Egyptian tombs to its versatile applications in contemporary art.
Students will then create their own encaustic paint medium with beeswax, resin and pigment as well as learning how to use the equipment. We will then go over the fundamentals of encaustic painting such as layering, fusing, inlays, creating texture and adding surface effects. Art boards for painting on, encaustic medium and other materials will be provided and students will have a unique encaustic painting by the end of the workshop.
Hazel Griffiths is a multidisciplinary artist working across digital and physical media, with a focus on encaustic painting which has been her primary medium for the last ten years. She uses mixed media elements and layers of wax to create textures and organic shapes to form atmospheric landscapes, treading the path between the real and the imagined. Hazel’s work is rooted in a fascination with environments, both constructed and remembered, which includes a creative detour into developing narrative-driven virtual reality spaces.
$30 total for materials collected on first day.
MAY 1 From 4:00PM to 7:00PM
Students will learn the rich history behind the encaustic medium from the fayum portraits discovered in Egyptian tombs to its versatile applications in contemporary art.
Students will then create their own encaustic paint medium with beeswax, resin and pigment as well as learning how to use the equipment. We will then go over the fundamentals of encaustic painting such as layering, fusing, inlays, creating texture and adding surface effects. Art boards for painting on, encaustic medium and other materials will be provided and students will have a unique encaustic painting by the end of the workshop.
Hazel Griffiths is a multidisciplinary artist working across digital and physical media, with a focus on encaustic painting which has been her primary medium for the last ten years. She uses mixed media elements and layers of wax to create textures and organic shapes to form atmospheric landscapes, treading the path between the real and the imagined. Hazel’s work is rooted in a fascination with environments, both constructed and remembered, which includes a creative detour into developing narrative-driven virtual reality spaces.
$30 total for materials collected on first day.
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